▲On July 25, the DELIGOGO convenience store at Qingnian Road Station of Beijing Metro Line 6 opened. Its store design, product supply, service methods and other aspects are highly recognizable and original.Beijing News reporter Wang Guibin photography
Convenience stores in Beijing subway stations are now open! On July 25th, convenience stores in Qingnian Road Station of Beijing Metro Line 6, Caishikou Station of Line 7, and Hepingli North Street Station of Line 5 began pilot operations to provide passengers with a variety of retail services.
Prior to this, the deployment of convenient service facilities for the Beijing subway has been listed as an important livelihood project in Beijing in 2021. This time the first batch of three subway convenience stores were officially opened for pilot operations, which is the concrete implementation of this.
Judging from the operation of the first day, the subway convenience store focuses on convenient fresh food, covering refrigerated foods such as boxed lunches, salads, sandwiches, and providing special snacks such as Ai Wo Wo, tea eggs and fried liver. In addition, there are tables for passengers to stand and eat in the store. This directly facilitates the nearby shopping of passengers and helps to efficiently meet the basic living needs of some passengers. Some citizens say that convenience stores are especially convenient for passengers catching the subway in the morning.
Nowadays, the importance of the subway in the lives of citizens has become more and more prominent. Opening a convenience store in a subway station is actually continuing to add to the convenience of the subway to better satisfy the citizens’ expectations and yearning for “urban life on the track”. According to relevant plans and arrangements, convenience stores in subway stations not only provide retail services, but also provide daily necessities such as umbrellas and power banks to meet the diverse needs of passengers. They are highly targeted and practical.
In addition, in order to better serve passengers who are in a hurry, some convenience stores have also set up smart pick-up containers. In the future, passengers can place an order on their mobile phones in advance when taking the subway, and after getting off the subway, they can retrieve the purchased goods by scanning the code, thereby reducing the waiting time in the line. This not only solves the pain point of passengers “cannot buy food” at subway stations, but also helps improve the commercial convenience of the entire city.
▲DELIGOGO convenience store provides breakfast, lunch, dinner, three meals and afternoon tea, realizing full coverage of Chinese and Western styles.Beijing NewsWang Guibin Photography
In fact, this is not the first time a convenience store has entered the Beijing subway. A few years ago, some subway stations in Beijing also opened convenience stores, but they were suspended due to factors such as comprehensive safety. The resumption of this time is based on full research and demonstration to ensure a balance between convenience and safety. For example, through the investigation and statistical analysis of passenger flow data, convenience stores are generally located in non-traffic-intensive areas within the station, and there are enough public areas in front of the store for passengers to pass and stay, which will not affect the flow of passengers entering and leaving the station in the morning and evening peaks. At the same time, through a variety of effective measures of civil and technical defense, pay close attention to the safety and passenger flow around the convenience store to ensure that emergency plans are activated when necessary to ensure the safe travel of passengers.
It can be said that the return of the subway convenience store is to provide passengers with the greatest convenience on the basis of fully guaranteeing safety. This reflects an attitude of seeking truth from facts, as well as a fine management ability.
▲DELIGOGO convenience store provides breakfast, lunch, dinner, three meals and afternoon tea, realizing full coverage of Chinese and Western styles.Beijing NewsWang Guibin Photography
The operating mileage of the Beijing subway ranks among the top in the country, and the average daily passenger flow has exceeded tens of millions. It is an inseparable part of citizens’ lives and an extremely complex operating system. This also determines that any changes and adjustments in the subway must be fully and scientifically considered and demonstrated in order to maximize the safety and convenience of a win-win situation.
The addition of convenience stores under the premise of ensuring safety and order can be described as “doing a dojo in a snail shell”. It is a manifestation of the continuous improvement of subway and urban management, and it also meets the expectations of citizens for more convenient and efficient subway services. And this move will surely attract more citizens to join the ranks of subway travel.
Of course, it should be reminded that a convenience store has been added to the subway station, but the civilized travel rules of “fasting” in subway cars still need to be followed. This relies on the active cooperation of the citizens, and it also requires the subway company to strengthen relevant guidance and services.
According to the “Beijing Municipality’s 2021 Plan for the Division of Important People’s Livelihood Projects”, by the end of this year, 130 convenience stores, bookstores, pharmacies and other convenient service facilities will be set up at Beijing subway stations. This means that the opening of the first three convenience stores is just the beginning. In this process, relevant departments can actively absorb the opinions of passengers, optimize and adjust related services and operations in a timely manner, truly do good things, do practical things, and strive to create a safe and convenient “urban life on track” for citizens.
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